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Wacky Poem Life

Wacky Poem Life

By: Shaun Perkins
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 Wacky Poem Life is a 30-minute podcast taped at the Rural Oklahoma Museum of Poetry. Hosts Bill Guthrie and Shaun Perkins begin with a piece of found poetry someone has left in the museum and go from there with some wacky, then some poetry, then some more wacky. A poetry podcast FOR EVERYONE!Copyright 2021 ROMPoetry. All rights reserved. Art
Episodes
  • Episode 160: Things That Frighten You

    Episode 160: Things That Frighten You
    Oct 30 2025

    Episode 160: In this our 4th anniversary episode, Things That Frighten You, we begin with a dark poem and conversation about what makes a poem scary. It 's not all werewolves and vampires and haunted houses. Sometimes it's the dread of a terminal disease, the fear of losing a child, the very real possibility of racial violence. A scary poem is specific about the evils we cannot control or that we humans do to one another. A scary poem is about . . . life.
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    37 mins
  • Episode 159: Unshackled from Cash

    Episode 159: Unshackled from Cash
    Oct 11 2025

    Episode 159: Unshackled from Cash: The Immersive Experience of Live Performance brings you musings and profundity (of a sort) as we discuss poetry readings, live theater, and live performances, in general. This episode was inspired by a line from Nicole Stellon O'Donnell: "Unshackled from cash, poetry can go wherever it pleases."
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    36 mins
  • Episode 158: Sing to the Sky, Tom Henry

    Episode 158: Sing to the Sky, Tom Henry
    Sep 26 2025

    Episode 158: In this episode, we are joined by local musician extraordinaire Tom Henry who told us stories and sang poetic songs. He sang, “I’m just not with it. I just don’t get it.” And we don’t either, Tom. He also treated us to “Wild Cherry Wine,” and many other poetic impressions, like “When the Dream Becomes Ours.” Oh people, just listen.
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    55 mins
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